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Star Wars Titanium Series 3" Variant UPDATE- 3/22/06

Hello again

Update time!

The Battlestar Galactica Titaniums will be out soon...and their variations will not be listed here! So if you wonder why MASS RETAIL Wave 6 looks so small it's because the rest of the case was filled with BSG Titaniums! I'll just be listing Star Wars Titanium Series releases from now on- but I will put the BSG releases in the waves (only) for reference.

Here's the definitive list of the 3" Titaniums as of 3/22/06- minus the obvious Date Stamps from the Galoob Line and such I am also making this list for those that are curious about the ships as compared to the old Die-Cast line.

If I miss anything, let me know This will be ordered for the Titanium Series in their respective wave- the Galoob counterparts (if any) will be mentioned

Just for reference's sake I don't own some of the new ships so I don't have all of the variant specifics yet (namely the 3rd 5-pack with the Raw Metal Falcon) but I have seen pics of some and know the repaints/variants.

A word about the Titanium Series painted logos...

So far I have seen pics of one on a Wave 1 Republic Assault Cruiser and that's it. I have read enough reports of them being on the White TIE Fighter that I believe them, too. I do not know where they would be on a Speeder Bike, Clone Turbo Tank, Death Star or on Jango Fett's Slave 1. Until such time these variations are confirmed they will NOT be listed!

The paint lines at the end of the variations refer to the words "Star Wars" on the stands- either Rainbow Silver, Silver or None.

LEGEND:

Wave X WM EXCL Edition= Wal-Mart Exclusive release packaging with STAR WARS being prominent. There were 4 waves- the last Wal-Mart wave with the Wookie Flyer, Green Jedi Star Fighter, Naboo Royal Starship and Battle-Ravaged Millennium Falcon was NOT widely released in the United States but it was released overseas (Hong Kong, Singapore, English-Only packaging) and in Canada (with Tri-Lingual packaging)

Wave X MASS RETAIL EDITION= Mass Retail release with the brand TITANIUM SERIES being prominent and Star Wars being secondary. The bubble packaging is larger and the ships can be found anywhere. To date, 5 Waves have been released.

THIS LIST IS NOW IN ORDER OF RELEASE AND WAVE!

To make things easier on everyone, here is a list of the Waves the Titanium Series Ships first appeared in for the modern release and when they were released (roughly). The numbers correspond with the variations below, and the numbers "**." indicate that the ship mentioned was either released in a previous Wave or is a repaint of another ship from another wave.

-Titanium Single Pack Wave 1 MASS RETAIL Edition has White paint on it with Black paint around the cockpit. Ship has small painted "Titanium Series" logo on bottom of ship. This logo can be seen on the interior of the ship's "solar panels" when the ship is inside the package! Date Stamps= Unknown - Black Stand Rainbow Silver Paint

-Titanium Single Pack Wave 2 MASS RETAIL Edition has White paint on it with Black paint around the cockpit. Does not have Titanium Series painted stamp. Date Stamps= Unknown - Black Stand Rainbow Silver Paint

I am going to add the following for people who are new to Titaniums so they won't get confused by the recent Wal-Mart Exclusive Wave 3 Mass Retail release (this would also explain why Hasbro hasn't listed new Star Wars ships in the May 2006 Wave 6 methinks)

NOTE: These ships were originally released in Fall of 2005 as Wal-Mart Exclusive Wave 3! The packaging is the same as the Wal-Mart Exclusive Wave 3 release and the new style packaging for the ships has NOT been confirmed as of 3/23/06.

What's your opinion on the two new speederbikes with Luke & Leia as far as giving them there own number instead of ** since they aren't really a repaint but are a new casting?
I might be splitting hairs here but is seems like they deserve their own number even though the bike is probably the same casting.

Also wanted to say thank you for your lists, for a noobie like me, it has been extremely helpful. There is no way I would have been able to make my Titanium collection as complete as it is, if not for your list and this forum. I can just imagin the nightmare some of you long term collectors went through back before message forums and the internet.

**EDIT: Just read the thread about StevesGuide.com. WOW...I can sort of see it though, since Action Online sort of did the same thing to McFarlaneGuide.com- and they sort of ousted Brian Sejas (one of the 3 founders along with Billy Jo and myself- Brian stayed there the longest) right out of the site...and it fell behind while Spawn.com caught up and now there's no use to even having the site. Sucks that he got the brunt of it but on another front, it ROCKS that a NEW site will be made! I'll definitely go there- and this list will DEFINITELY come with me **

Of course, Spawn got WAY out of control, and I stopped the list and the updates around Series 12 (that's also when I helped start the now-defunct McFarlaneGuide.com)

I didn't do pics for the Spawn figures simply because I started the list site in 1996- when digital cameras were a joke (best rez back then? WAY too low- my first digital camera was a 320 X 240- and that was a high-end camera in 1998!) I would have liked to, but another collector (BlackAris2001) has already done it and did it better (he uses some of my original graphics though )

Seems I have a talent for listing and variant hunting

Still, I hope I can keep up with the Titanium line- it was a stretch to go back and try and catalog the old Galoob Ships- and of course, those had variations, too (Big ol' round packages and then the Gray ones to the Blue Episode 1 ones). Sicqnus has pics of all of those variants on his web site, too.

Otherwise, I am not sure about the Speeder Bike. I would like to just call it "Speeder Bike" and then rotate the pilots as I have but you do have a point as the figures on the bike are all new sculpts...

My current logic is I am trying to catalog unique vehicles as they are released- and the Speeder Bike is unique- the deco (the figures) may change but the bike is the constant, so who knows? Might change that around